Working Together to Change the World
Cornell University offers a campus-wide Master of Public Health (MPH) Program to help build public health leaders who are inspired and trained to ensure the health of people, animals, and the world in which we live.
Our program is founded on three pillars—Sustainability, Equity, and Engagement—that inform our approach to teaching, research, service, and practice. Our small class sizes and engaged-learning approach give our students uncommon flexibility in developing the skills they need to make an impact in their desired careers. And, by working with community partners, our students turn theory into practice while preparing to become future leaders of the public health workforce.
Our Curriculum
Our core curriculum provides students with the skills, tools, and foundational knowledge to become general public health practitioners, while our concentration courses allow our students to become specialists in their chosen field.
News & Impacts
Kaplan faculty fellowship honors Dr. Gen Meredith
“Over the last five years, the MPH team has fostered more than 100 project partners, developed 12 community-engaged learning courses and delivered more than 200 resources to community partners,” Meredith said. “I’m excited to use the Kaplan Fellowship to help fill another important gap: employment pipelines from the MPH program to civically focused government public health jobs.”
Funding research on point-of-care test for tick-borne diseases
The mission of the Tick-Borne Disease Research Program is to understand the pathogenesis of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses and conditions, and to deliver innovative solutions to prevent, diagnose, and treat their manifestations for the benefit of U.S. Service Members and the American public. When it comes to Lyme disease in particular, patient advocates have been calling for new, innovative diagnostic approaches for single or multiple tick-borne pathogens to better guide subsequent treatment and outcomes.
Students win Cornell Global Health Case Competition
Two students in Cornell’s Master of Public Health program were part of the winning team in this year’s 2023 Global Health Case Competition, a campus-wide contest that asks students to develop solutions for a real-world public health problem.
Avery Sirwatka, MPH ’24, and Milcah Abena Andoh, MPH ’24, along with teammates Lance Rombro and Sarah McIlroy, won the competition.